Demand and genuine need is the issue, not production. Better that production is in Western democracies with high environmental standards than elsewhere. The is

Demand and genuine need is the issue, not production. Better that production is in Western democracies with high environmental standards than elsewhere. The issue is using those fossil fuels to reduce how much we will need them in the future and using them to transition to green energy. Cigarettes are a bad analogy. A necessary life-saving drug we all depend upon with bad side effects is more apt. Ramping up production of a better life-saving drug is the solution, not stopping production of the old one.